Category: IT stuff

Upgrading Fedora Silverblue 34 to 35

Today I wanted to profit from the last updates of the version 35 of Fedora Silverblue distribution. The GUI method didn't work. Googling a little bit around I found the answer. Open the Terminal and use the following command: rpm-ostree rebase fedora:fedora/35/x86_64/silverblue --uninstall rpmfusion-free-release-34-1.noarch --install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-branched.noarch.rpm --uninstall rpmfusion-nonfree-release-34-1.noarch --install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-branched.noarch.rpm Then wait for the procedure … Continue reading Upgrading Fedora Silverblue 34 to 35 →

Creating an anonymous SMB network share

Today I needed to open a SMB share to be accessible outside of the domain, without asking for a password. Followed the instructions of Nikola's blog and it's done. Remark that Winodows is so intuitive that you need written instructions to achieve such a simple task: Share a folder by opening folder properties, navigating to … Continue reading Creating an anonymous SMB network share →

Get NTFS/exfat access on CentOS 6.8 i386

Today I needed to have pen drive support on a CentOS 6.8 i386 box. That's how I got it: Getting the NTFS/exfat support su yum install epel-release yum install ntfs-3g yum install ntfsprogs ntfsprogs-gnomevfs yum -y install epel-release && rpm -Uvh http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-2.el6.nux.noarch.rpm yum update yum install fuse-exfat exfat-utils Actually mounting the device fdisk -l mount … Continue reading Get NTFS/exfat access on CentOS 6.8 i386 →

Using galleries (or other accesses to ORDER BY FIELD() ) in WordPress over PostgreSQL using PG4WP driver

Issue Galleries in WordPress 3.6 does not show in a setup over a PostgreSQL database using PG4WP driver. Diagnostic The gallery functionality makes use of ORDER BY FIELD() MySQL command that is not handled by the PG4WP 1.3.1 driver. Solution Tweak the driver file ( /path to WordPress install/wp-content/pg4wp/driver_pgsql.php ) to include the following lines … Continue reading Using galleries (or other accesses to ORDER BY FIELD() ) in WordPress over PostgreSQL using PG4WP driver →

Regroup linked files inside a Word document (Office 2010/2013)

Problem: Got a Word document (this works with Excel/Powerpoints as well) with linked images instead of embedded ones. Needed to put all of them into the document. Solution: Open Word, and go to ‘FILE’ -> ‘Options’ Go to ‘Quick Access Toolbar’ section Under ‘Choose commands from’ select ‘All Commands’ and select ‘Edit Links to Files’ Click on … Continue reading Regroup linked files inside a Word document (Office 2010/2013) →

Bug: VirtualBox 4.3.18 and VT-x incapable architecture

Symptom: Your VirtualBox VM is crashing randomly after some hours of work with a Guru Meditation alert box. The VM was stable until 4.3.16. The VBox.log shows incidents like this: 04:10:00.862330 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 04:10:00.862334 !! 04:10:00.862335 !! Guru Meditation -2403 (VERR_TRPM_DONT_PANIC) 04:10:00.862364 !! 04:10:00.862415 !! TRAP=0e ERRCD=0000000000000000 CR2=00000000a004ed08 EIP=8b4b3156 Type=0 cbInstr=ff 04:10:00.862466 !! EIP in VBoxDDGC.gc … Continue reading Bug: VirtualBox 4.3.18 and VT-x incapable architecture →

rsync error 255

Today I was facing this error in a complex ssh/rsync backup: rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at clientserver.c(778) The origin of this error was, in my case, a problem with the IP address in the "hosts allow" section of the rsync.conf file, resulting in a drop of connection.